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"How long will it take?" Chang Shi asked: "The imperial court has always been procrastinating in doing things. If we can't get it together in two years, won't we be able to open it in two years? In addition to the paper mill, there is also a bookstore. Your Majesty, what else do you have in Guangzhou? Okay, if you resign, what will we do if the governor you replaced cannot be used?"

Where can I find a minister who can be gentle to the local people and have a say in the court? Zhao Shen was the emperor's cousin. There was someone in the court who was easy to get things done. Even if the next governor might not have his ability, he might not have his identity.

In fact, Chang Shi and the others had discussed privately that it would be best for Zhao Shen to stay rooted in Guangzhou for the rest of his life.

Zhao Shen lowered his eyes and thought deeply, "There is another way to spend a lot of money to recruit people from other paper mills and bookstores."

Chang Shi said tangledly: "The envoy's idea is good, but our Lingnan has always been considered a land of southern barbarians. Are those craftsmen unwilling to move here?"

Zhao Shen glanced at him and said: "Aren't there many beautiful and capable girls in your chieftains and tribes who want to marry Han people? This is an opportunity."

Chang Shi: ...They want to marry Zhao Shen, not the craftsmen.

Zhao Shen did not say that he would definitely find someone, but changed the subject and said: "When the bookstore and paper mill open, print more saints' words and send some to the local people in Jiaozhou."

Let them also learn the words of the saints. After all, after the Yan and Huang Dynasties, they cannot forget the words of their ancestors just because they have moved to the south for many years.

Zhao Shen opened the passage to Jiaozhi with a batch of improved seeds, and established contact with other counties in Jiaozhou through Jiaozhi.

The chieftains and tribes in Jiaozhou all know that there are many good things from the Central Plains in Guangzhou. At first, they came here for the improved seeds. After sending people over to communicate, they found that the farm tools, fertilization and sowing methods they used were better than theirs. Well, that’s why the output exceeded them this year.

For good things, the descendants of Yan and Huang all have an idea: learn it, learn it, learn it!

So the envoy stayed to learn things, and as he learned, he discovered that the textile machines used by the people here were also very wonderful, and among them there was an even more wonderful sewing machine that he had never seen before.

There is no need for people to sew clothes one by one. Just step on the feet and the needles and threads will be quickly interspersed and knotted. The speed is fast, and several pieces of clothes can be sewn in a day, and the stitches are fine and leak-proof. The skills are equivalent to those of the top tailors.

The messengers were astonished.

Didn’t it mean that the Central Plains has been at war?

Didn’t it mean that the Han people were driven out by various Hu tribes and had to escape everywhere?

Why do they suddenly come up with so many good things after not interacting with each other for more than ten years?

From Jiaozhi to Jiaozhou counties, and then to Ningzhou Qianghu, who were also kings of their own, more and more people came to Guangzhou, and Zhao Shen simply set up mutual markets in various bordering areas.

Of course, it is not a trade between countries, but a trade between nations.

With this reputation, the imperial court finally sent him the craftsmen needed for the paper mill and bookstore. And because Lingnan wood was diverse and good, Gewusi also agreed to establish two workshops in Guangzhou specializing in the production of textile machines.

Under Zhao Shen's constant seduction, Zhao Hu also sent a steward over to do the timber business.

However, if Zhao Hu wants to start a timber business, he must set up a cloth shop in Lingnan, otherwise Zhao Shen will be stuck in his talisman.

Under Zhao Shen's management, the native people who had always been independent in their own affairs finally came out of the mountains and valleys and were willing to communicate with the outside world. They began to eagerly build official roads and send their children to schools. Various local products of the tribe also began to appear. in the trading market.

For example, various snake and insect medicinal wines, medicinal materials, and their own grains.

There are many types of rice alone, including red rice, green rice, rice that tastes terrible but can grow in extremely cold places, and rice that tastes good but has a long growth cycle. There are rice seeds that are drought-resistant and can grow in cracked fields, and there are also rice seeds that can grow by the water and still produce ears even if they are submerged until only a sharp tip is left...

Regardless of whether it tastes good or not, and whether the yield is high or not, there are all kinds of weird rice.

In the early years, Zhao Hanzhang and Fu Tinghan repeatedly told officials that when searching for seeds in nature, they should focus on having many types and characteristics.

Zhao Shen knew that in the early years, Shen Ruhui planted land for Zhao Hanzhang, and Zhao Hanzhang asked him to combine a non-ear-bearing wild rice with their rice seeds, and finally raised a rice seed that could withstand drought and cold, and the yield did not change. If it is less, the plants will become shorter and the ears will become shorter, but the ears will become more numerous and can be planted in dry land in Jizhou.

From then on, Zhao Shen knew that if he wanted to find seeds for Sinong Temple, he would not be limited by things like yield and taste. As long as he had special characteristics, he could send them to Sinong Temple.

So Zhao Shen spread the word, and the local people were also lively. As soon as they heard that all kinds of strange seeds could be traded in the market, they immediately brought all the seeds at home and even in the wild.

Some mountain people were so poor that they even brought vegetable seeds and wild rapeseeds harvested from the wild. They asked, "Although these wild vegetables are bitter, they can cause sores in your mouth. Just eat them twice and they will be cured. It's like medicine."

The medicinal materials of the mountain people are all picked in the wild. Most of the medicinal materials south of Lingnan are mountain forests. The forests are rich in resources and there are endless medicinal materials in them. No one has thought about planting medicinal herbs, and no one knows how to grow them.

They believe that medicinal materials are gifts from God and can only be extracted from nature and cannot be cultivated, but vegetables can.

They recommend to buyers, "If you have heat poison in your body, you don't need to take medicine. Just eat this dish. It works!"

The purchaser was also very interested and asked, "How much does it cost?"

"No money, a bag of vegetable seeds in exchange for a bag of your mulberry seeds."

The textile machines passed down from the Central Plains are very efficient. Their tribe purchased two. I heard that the silk and satin in the Central Plains are very expensive. They also want to grow mulberry and raise silkworms. They have very good dyes here, and they will definitely be able to dye more exquisite clothes than they can. Satin.

But their local silkworms are not as good as those from the Central Plains. The silk they spin is too short and not tough enough. They want to switch to silkworms from the Central Plains. In order to make them grow well, they naturally have to switch to the mulberry they like to eat.

There were also those who were willing to exchange money, so Zhao Shen used the money to buy back a lot of strange seeds. He had people record them one by one, and then sent them to the Gewu Division in the capital. However, he turned around and wrote letters to Zhao Hanzhang and Fu Tinghan respectively, for himself. Show merit.

He gave you the mother seed. If you breed something good in the future, you must remember to give it to him first.

Zhao Shen finally no longer wanted to use force to solve the problems of ethnic minorities. During the first month of the eldest prince's birthday, watching the increasingly lively mutual market, he finally understood some of what Zhao Hanzhang and his father meant.

When he no longer looked down at them from a high position, but squatted down to look at them levelly, he finally understood why they were unwilling to surrender to the court. The subjugation by force was only temporary. When they accumulated enough strength, they would definitely resist and rebel. Continuously.

If they can be made to surrender to the emperor and the court from their hearts, then when they have the strength, not only will they not rebel, but they will become a solid backing for the court.

When he looked at them levelly, when he became one of them, he knew what they really wanted and what they wanted to be, and then he went to educate them.

Zhao Shen finally let go of his arrogance and slowly realized what Zhao Hanzhang wanted to teach him.

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